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    Image of Koztah Koztah
    04:47 PM

    In reply to The Decade That Superhero Movies Beat Video-Game Movies
    Ridley Scott? Directing Monopoly?

    I'll say this: it better be about a guy in a top hat with a huge mustache riding around in a giant thimble and buying entire streets, whereupon he mugs people who happen to loiter and forces them to stay in his hotel.

    I'd watch that.
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    Image of Charlie Jane Anders Charlie Jane Anders
    04:52 PM

    @Koztah: He's talked about directing it. He could also wind up producing it and letting someone else direct, though.
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    Image of (Starman) Starman (Starman) Starman
    04:36 PM

    In reply to The Decade That Superhero Movies Beat Video-Game Movies
    ;_; Uwe Boll, how I hate you for fucking up the plot for Alone in the Dark so badly.
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    Image of lightninglouie lightninglouie
    04:26 PM

    In reply to The Decade That Superhero Movies Beat Video-Game Movies
    As for why Halo fell through, the answer is simple: Movie execs see video game-based projects as low-budget affairs, designed to pack in the 18-34 male demo on weekends during the slow months between summer and Xmas blockbusters. Halo is exceptional in that it actually has an involving narrative (as opposed to a flimsy pretense to shoot up things), but the over-40s running the studios failed to understand what captivated Jackson and Blomkamp. The same is true for the BioShock movie. I'm not sure if the idea that video games can actually have real stories in them worth expending $100-$200M (as opposed to, say, fifty year old theme park rides or twenty year old toy lines) has sunk in at the executive level. Not many gamers there, I'd wager.
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    Image of gods-n-clods gods-n-clods
    04:11 PM

    In reply to The Decade That Superhero Movies Beat Video-Game Movies
    The verdict is probably Toy Movies for 2 years. Bigger and dumber. But in the videogame versus movie argument, it could be that games need to evolve while movie-making becomes more democratic before we have a revolutionary industry-changing product. The Epic Videogame Debates seemed to conclude that games are still too simplistic and the movie industry is "too big to fail".
    IOW, good game + good movie = new genre?
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    Image of 0kami 0kami
    03:59 PM

    In reply to The Decade That Superhero Movies Beat Video-Game Movies
    I thought Silent Hill was the best game adaptation yet. Even though they shifted the story a bit, the first half of the movie is almost identical to the first game...sans the main character's gender.
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    Image of Barnabus Barnabus
    04:08 PM

    @0kami: Silent Hill really nailed the tone of the game, but the story kind of fell apart as they went along. Which is too bad, since the game has a pretty strong and screenplay-friendly story line compared with a shooter like Doom.
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    Image of jbq jbq
    04:14 PM

    @Barnabus: Totally agree. It really felt as if I were in the game-world. But the story fizzled out, sadly. Still my favourite game adaptation so far.
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    Image of Dr Emilio Lizardo Dr Emilio Lizardo
    03:56 PM

    In reply to The Decade That Superhero Movies Beat Video-Game Movies
    "Uwe Boll would have to work overtime and weekends to make a film half as bad as Catwoman"

    The data does not support your assertion. "Catwoman" got a 27 on metacritic and 10 on Rotten Tomatoes. Of all of Uwe Boll's movies, only one (Blackwoods) outscored it on either - and only narrowly. The rest got substantially worse scores. I think it's clear that Mr. Boll is the single most important reason why video game movies suck.
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    Image of cjscampbell cjscampbell
    03:27 PM

    In reply to The Decade That Superhero Movies Beat Video-Game Movies
    Why no mention of Blade? I'd say it was the start of the new comic movie wave. Definitely the first Marvel one and showed what was to come in the 2000s.
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    Image of Charlie Jane Anders Charlie Jane Anders
    03:28 PM

    @cjscampbell: Thought about it... but even though it's a Marvel movie, it's way more of a vampire film than a superhero film.
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    Image of EdificeComplex EdificeComplex
    03:10 PM

    In reply to The Decade That Superhero Movies Beat Video-Game Movies
    Here's hoping the Mass Effect movie comes to fruition and breaks the precedent of crappy video game adaptations.
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    Image of Gyaruson Gyaruson
    03:13 PM

    @EdificeComplex: Honestly, would you really want one of the greatest games of this generation - even one with as rich of history and backstory is this - tainted by a Hollywood producer who doesn't quite get it? I'd rather there be no movie, as opposed to a half-assed one.
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    Image of einsteinsquandry einsteinsquandry
    03:18 PM

    @Gyaruson: I think if a movie were to be made...make it in the same universe, but don't use any of the original characters from the games. Pull a Knights of the Old Republic, if you will, but for a movie. I think it could work. Hell they could even have Shepard or any of the other characters mentioned in the peripheral...like a section of the news on an elevator.
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    Image of bibble3000 bibble3000
    03:21 PM

    @Gyaruson: why would it matter if they made a crappy movie? it could either be great or good or suck... if it sucks it doesn't take anything away from how good the game is, and if its good then you have something whole and new to be happy with
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    Image of Gyaruson Gyaruson
    03:22 PM

    @einsteinsquandry:
    Hmmm, now you're on to something. That would be an interesting approach, casting the main character as someone new to the series. Maybe something like a few hundred years into the future, you follow the trials of another human spectre hunting some other type of galactic emergency.
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    Image of James Henderson James Henderson
    03:23 PM

    @Gyaruson: Once there was talk of a Bioshock movie it all went to hell anyways.
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    Image of EdificeComplex EdificeComplex
    03:26 PM

    @Gyaruson: I agree that it would require the right combination of director, studio and producer. But if you get a studio like Newline that was willing to take a risk, like they did with Lord of the Rings, then a movie could do the story justice. Although, realistically, it will probably never happen. I'm sure it will get trapped in budgetary hell like the Halo adaptation.
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    Image of Gyaruson Gyaruson
    03:26 PM

    @bibble3000:
    You must understand, I hold an ungodly passion for that game. I've read the books, I've put more hours into the game than any other title in years, and I have personally explored every option available in the campaign.

    A sucky movie wouldn't take away from the greatness of the game, but as an amateur filmmaker it would kill me to see such potential go to waste. It pains me to see crappy movies based of off video games.
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    Image of Gyaruson Gyaruson
    03:33 PM

    @EdificeComplex:
    My dream team for the Mass Effect movie:

    Director: Guillermo Del Toro - he could perfect all the different creatures and races in the game, as well as bring a darker, and more epic feel to the story than other directors.

    Producer: Peter Jackson - Weta Workshop would give Del Toro all the resources necessary, and seeing as how Jackson is producing Del Toro's upcoming Hobbit films, it seems like a natural fit.

    Studio: Either Miramax or New Line. Miramax I think takes the most risks in the films it releases, but New Line has worked closely with Jackson (and will work with Del Toro for the Hobbits), so it seems like there is enough trust from New Line to let Jackson and Co. do what they want.
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    Image of bibble3000 bibble3000
    03:35 PM

    @Gyaruson: I do understand. Like they're making the Scott Pilgrim movie and if its not A-flipping-mazing I'll be crazy disappointed. But I'll still have the books. Which are the besterest ever. And I just became a girl apparently... so... yea...
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    Image of Gyaruson Gyaruson
    03:47 PM

    @bibble3000:
    Dude, I'll get a boner for Commander Shepard in Mass Effect 2, so you can be a girl, I'll be gay and we can all go shopping together.
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    Image of bibble3000 bibble3000
    03:48 PM

    @Gyaruson: I'll dig out my TMNT fanny-pack from 1st Grade to keep my camo, velcro wallet in.
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    Image of lightninglouie lightninglouie
    04:28 PM

    @EdificeComplex: So who plays the blue chick?
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    Image of EdificeComplex EdificeComplex
    04:39 PM

    @lightninglouie: Kristen Bell - Veronica Mars... in blue body paint.
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    Image of ManchuCandidate ManchuCandidate
    03:06 PM

    In reply to The Decade That Superhero Movies Beat Video-Game Movies
    The stench of the Wing Commander movie is hard to ignore.

    A game like Wasteland/Fallout would be a better project to do. At least it has a workable plot and interesting characters.
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    Image of Ed Grabianowski Ed Grabianowski
    07:49 AM

    In reply to Comics' Best Combo Platters
    A few weeks ago I saw a guy on stilts riding a bike. Like, he was about eight feet above the bike. Seems really impractical.
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    Image of psychiccheese psychiccheese
    08:51 AM

    @Ed Grabianowski: it's twice as practical as a guy on stilts riding a unicycle.
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    Image of Pessimippopotamus Pessimippopotamus
    12/20/09

    In reply to Comics' Best Combo Platters
    Awwwwwwwwwwww. How viciously cute.
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    Image of franklinshepard franklinshepard
    07:57 AM

    @Pessimippopotamus: This is adorable!
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    Image of ♠ Final ♠ ♠ Final ♠
    12/20/09

    In reply to Comics' Best Combo Platters
    All of the above mentioned solutions have been written out in Next Wave and Umbrella Academy.

    For Zombie Robot Gustave Eiffel and his Tower of Doom see the latter. For a laser eyed, rocket powered crabs see the former.
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    Image of Belabras Belabras
    12/20/09

    In reply to Comics' Best Combo Platters
    I declare this posting made of pure WIN.

    You have literally just made my day Esther.
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    Image of Ronnoc Ronnoc
    12/20/09

    @Belabras: I must agree. The stilt bit was particularly great.
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    12/20/09

    In reply to Comics' Best Combo Platters
    This article is made of win and awesome and possibly bacon.

    Spidey quoting Tim Gunn, a literal purple nurple, and a Red Lantern kitteh (although are we sure he's not Ceiling Cat?).

    These are truly things more comics need.
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    Image of Tomb: R.O.A.C.H. Tomb: R.O.A.C.H.
    12/20/09

    In reply to Comics' Best Combo Platters
    Where can I read about nazi robot squids?
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